Rajasthan: Counting for by-polls to four assembly seats tomorrow

Jaipur: The counting of votes for the 13th September by-elections to the four assembly constituencies of Rajasthan would begin on Tuesday, a top election officer said. The counting of votes would begin in four district headquarters of Jhunjhunu, Ajmer, Kota and Bharatpur on Tuesday at 0800 hrs, Chief Electoral Officer Dr Govind Sharma said.

It was a close contest between main opposition Congress and the ruling BJP, which would try to retain all four seats and maintain a tally of 163 in the House of 200. Also, it would be a litmus test for Pradesh Congress Committee chief Sachin Pilot to prove his leadership in the state.

In 2013 assembly polls, Congress suffered one of its worst defeat and managed to win just 21 of 200 Assembly seats while BJP won 163. It also won all 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state.